Lao Tzu Quotes

That's the way I try to live. I think it's the only way for human beings at this point in our evolution as souls, where everyone in their lifetime is going through stuff.

If a man is to shed the light of the sun upon other men, he must first of all have it within himself.

So your first job is to work on yourself. The greatest thing you can do for another human being is to get your own house in order and find your true spiritual heart.

The expansion of your own consciousness, love capacity, humility and compassion - this is the path; this is the way.

The path to the inwardly enriched life is not hidden from the man or woman who longs to walk upon it.

I'm trying to learn how to tap into the power of my own being. I know it sounds corny.

Enlightenment is the key to everything, and it is the key to intimacy, because it is the goal of true authenticity.

Prince didn't want to celebrate birthdays but to live life, to elevate and educate to the next level of enlightenment.

To know one's Self is to be blissful always.

Do not seek so anxiously to be developed, to subject yourself to many influences to be played on; it is all dissipation. Humility like darkness reveals the heavenly lights.

Be thou a true yogi. A yogi who understands that everything he's looking for is really inside himself. Learn to live more in the Self.

People tend to measure themselves by external accomplishments, but jail allows a person to focus on internal ones; such as honesty, sincerity, simplicity, humility, generosity and an absence of variety. You learn to look into yourself.

Meditation is the way to individuality. It makes you a light unto yourself.

Reverence makes it possible to be whole, though ignorant. It is the wholeness of understanding.

Go be the next humblest version of yourself.

The more intimately you come in contact with your own Being, the simpler things look and the easier they are to deal with.

I hate how hard spiritual transformation is and how long it takes. I hate thinking about how many people have gone to church for decades and remain joyless or judgmental or bitter or superior.

The man who can articulate the movements of his inner life need no longer be a victim of himself, but is able slowly and consistently to remove the obstacles that prevent the spirit from entering.

People are surprised at how down-to-earth I am. I like to stay home on Friday nights and listen to 'The Art of Happiness' by the Dalai Lama.

As long as you look for a Buddha somewhere else, you'll never see that your own mind is the Buddha.

He who knows himself is enlightened.

Contemplation and wisdom are highest achievements and man is not totally at home with them.

I would like to learn, or remember, how to live.

Sometimes I attract roles that are necessary either for personal growth or enlightenment.

One secures the gold of the spirit when he finds himself.